 ... to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 1771834Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 864 pages
...work raised from the heat of vouth," nor "obtained by the invocation of Dauie Memory and her Syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with nil utterance and knowledge;" — and that, " to this," the author did " add industrious and select... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,1 who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,1 who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed... | |
 | 1859 - 534 pages
...higher human testimony than that of Milton ? Familiar in habit and in soul must he have been with " devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1859 - 976 pages
...that could not be composed by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, hut by devou( prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 pages
...portion in life, when . he conceived the thought of " a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and...siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal 310 ESSAY SECOND. Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim,... | |
 | 1860 - 950 pages
...then meditating, he says, could " not be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors of wine," ..." but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge." — Prose Works, Vol. II. p. 481 . In a note on that passage, in Christian Doctrine, which expressly... | |
 | 1860 - 926 pages
...then meditating, he says, could " not be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors of wine," ..." but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge." — Prose Works, Vol. II. p. 481. In a note on that passage, in Christian Doctrine, which expressly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and...her Siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eteraal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...flows at waste from the the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher-fury of a rhyming parasite; not to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all knowledge and... | |
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